Sunset Festival attendees bid summer goodbye
Some 20,000 people from Lake in the Hills and surrounding communities, including Crystal Lake, said farewell to summer with the Summer Sunset Festival recently.
This is the 16th year for the celebration, which featured carnival rides, a parade, a show of custom and classic cars, a craft show, horseshoe tournaments, a Battle of the Bands, a 5K, and a fireworks show.
The festival ran for a full weekend; the Saturday parade featured over 40 groups, and the Sunday evening firework show brought an end to the fun.
One attendee was from unincorporated Crystal Lake, and has been coming to the festival for over five years. Jennifer Gibson and her family keep returning, she told NWHerald.com, because the festival has something for everybody, from rides for the children, to food and beverages for the adults. She brings her niece and nephews every summer.
Ray Bogdanowski, a co-chairperson of the festival, said attendance is usually best on Sunday, because it is then that fireworks are set off. Bogdanowski said the Sunset Festival was originally a sort of Founder’s Day celebration, but has become a community tradition. This year, the festival included a craft show, which has been absent for several years. Artisans said they enjoyed being part of the event.
Organizers of weekends like this can help visitors enjoy themselves by working with a flyer printing company to print out a schedule of activities, and identify where they are located.
This is the 16th year for the celebration, which featured carnival rides, a parade, a show of custom and classic cars, a craft show, horseshoe tournaments, a Battle of the Bands, a 5K, and a fireworks show.
The festival ran for a full weekend; the Saturday parade featured over 40 groups, and the Sunday evening firework show brought an end to the fun.
One attendee was from unincorporated Crystal Lake, and has been coming to the festival for over five years. Jennifer Gibson and her family keep returning, she told NWHerald.com, because the festival has something for everybody, from rides for the children, to food and beverages for the adults. She brings her niece and nephews every summer.
Ray Bogdanowski, a co-chairperson of the festival, said attendance is usually best on Sunday, because it is then that fireworks are set off. Bogdanowski said the Sunset Festival was originally a sort of Founder’s Day celebration, but has become a community tradition. This year, the festival included a craft show, which has been absent for several years. Artisans said they enjoyed being part of the event.
Organizers of weekends like this can help visitors enjoy themselves by working with a flyer printing company to print out a schedule of activities, and identify where they are located.